The Warlock Effect

The Warlock Effect. is a highly entertaining, fiendishly clever thriller. Set in 1950s Soho, where top illusionist Louis Warlock and his secret posse of eccentric assistants create extraordinary and baffling magic, his phenomenal expertise is noticed by the British Secret Service, which needs his lateral thinking and conjuring skills to defeat a deadly plot against the government. Pouring their joint obsessions with comedy, magic and horror into this novel, authors Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman take the reader into a realm of secrets and betrayal. A peek behind the curtain of a world which though long lost, resonates with contemporary fears about identity and the malignant manipulation of our minds.